"I've been feeling something's off these past two days. I don't know what Auntie's been up to. I hardly see her all day long," Lin Sheng said.
Rong Xun snorted but didn't say much. Instead, he asked her, "Did she give you anything?"
Lin Sheng looked at him, puzzled. "Huh? What thing?"
"Never mind."
"Auntie was acting strange a few days ago. I don't know what got into her. She kept asking me to go down the mountain with her."
Rong Xun raised his eyebrows. "Really?"
"She said it wasn't safe staying on the mountain and that you might harm me. I don't know what's wrong with her. She wouldn't tell me. Since that day, she's been staying in her room and hasn't come out."
Rong Xun narrowed his eyes, a hint of harshness flashing through them. He really did want to get Lin Sheng away, but the antidote recipe might be with her.
Ever since that old woman made him take that medicine, whenever she was refining the antidote, she would call Lin Sheng over and never let anyone else get close. Besides Lin Yuan, only Lin Sheng knew about the antidote.
It was almost impossible to get the antidote from that old woman. So now he had to start with Lin Sheng.
But after several attempts, Lin Sheng seemed to know nothing about his poisoning or the antidote. He didn't know if she was pretending or really didn't know.
The black line on his wrist was almost reaching his elbow. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice it. It only became more prominent when the poison flared up.
This black line was his lifeline. If the two black lines along his wrists crawled up his arms and connected on his chest, it would be the day of his death.
There were still two months until the next flare - up of the poison. Each time the poison flared up, if he didn't take the antidote in time, the black line would grow an inch longer.
Seeing Lin Sheng asleep, Rong Xun did something to her. The next moment, Lin Sheng, who had been lying in bed, sat up.
"Did Lin Yuan tell you about my poisoning?"
"No."
"Do you know the way to neutralize the poison?"
"I don't know."
Rong Xun waved his hand in front of her closed eyes, and the person in bed returned to her original state.
As the plan approached, Qiling Villa was as bustling with the morning glow and quiet with the setting sun as usual.
Tieshou looked at the lively villa below and sighed, "This villa has been around for 22 years, the same age as the master. It's really a pity to see it disappear like this."
Xuewen beside him sneered disdainfully. "You're so emotional. But if this villa that symbolizes the peak of the Mo Clan is destroyed, the whole world will know."
Tieshou let out a long sigh. "Yes. From now on, the once - famous Mo Clan will cease to exist, but Wuya Pavilion will be born."
Currently, apart from those insiders, very few people knew about Wuya Pavilion. But it was spread across the entire land of Shenzhou. It knew every country's movements clearly, and the military power it held was enough to rival that of other countries.
"Wuya Pavilion will reach another peak, a peak no less than that of the Mo Clan," Xuewen's eyes shone with a restless light, but it was interrupted by Tieshou the next moment.
"There's a letter from Zhuifeng."
Tieshou reached out and caught a pure - white hawk, then opened the letter on it.
Xuewen leaned over to take a look. He was shocked when he saw the content.
"What little master?"
Tieshou immediately understood. A smile curled up on his lips and gradually spread.
"It seems we'll be busy from now on." He had been worried about having no one to pass on his martial arts skills to. Now, he finally had an apprentice.
On a dark and windy night, the perfect time for murder and arson, several dark shadows were shuttling back and forth in the silent villa.
Under the moonlight, the howls of wild wolves in the forest were accompanied by the clashing of metal. Then, with a spurt sound, the white window screens in each room turned bright red with blood.
In her sleep, Lin Sheng was awakened by a nightmare. She opened her eyes wide, gasping for breath. Her head was covered in sweat as she called out for Mo Lingxuan, but she found that she was the only one in the empty room.
She put on her coat and walked out of the room. She seemed to hear something, but when she listened carefully, it became completely silent.
She shouted Mo Lingxuan's name loudly, getting more and more anxious with each call. The only response she got was the howls of wolves from down the mountain.
"What on earth is going on?"
She had a bad feeling in her heart. She quickly went back into the room, picked up her sword, and headed for Lixiang Courtyard. To her surprise, even Auntie wasn't there.
Suddenly, she realized that something must have happened to the villa. She turned around and went to look for other people in the other yards.
Normally, no matter how late it was, the lamp - posts on the roads in the villa would be lit. But tonight, it was completely dark, with not a single ray of light.
She held a torch and went in to knock on the door. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the blood flowing down the window. Her pupils dilated instantly.
"Uncle Wen!"
She rushed in and saw that the man she called Uncle Wen had fallen in a pool of blood.
"Set the fire," Xuewen ordered. At his command, the entire Qiling Villa instantly turned into a blazing inferno, lighting up the whole mountain.
"Master, what should we do with Lin Sheng?"
Rong Xun said, "Keep her. Lock her up first."
This woman might still be useful. No matter what it took, he had to find out from her where the antidote was.
"Master, Lin Yuan is dead."
"Good." A satisfied smile appeared in Rong Xun's eyes. The raging fire in front of him seemed to represent his current mood.
By tomorrow, the whole world would know that the Mo Clan had been destroyed overnight. The once - glorious and unparalleled Mo Clan no longer existed.
"A report from the front. One - third of the troops originally under Lin Yuan's control are willing to submit to the master, one - third have disbanded, and the other one - third... are going to attack us."
A cold light flashed in Rong Xun's eyes. He smiled fearlessly. "Let them come. Kill every single one of them. If they're willing to submit to us, send them to Xuewen. Tieshou will assign them tasks after three months."
"Yes."
In the middle of the night, Tang Youyou woke up, covering her stomach. She was woken up by hunger. She didn't know what was wrong with her recently. Her appetite had increased greatly.
Maybe it was because the little one was in a period of rapid growth. She always felt extremely hungry not long after a meal.
Yeyue heard the noise in the room, knocked on the door, and went in. He saw her lying on the table, gnawing on the cold pastries.
"My dear, you can't eat too much of this. It's been cold for so long."
He quickly snatched it from her hand and held it far away.
"I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat in the kitchen?"
Yeyue had no choice but to yawn and go to the kitchen.
"Everything's raw."
There were vegetables and meat in the kitchen, but he didn't know how to cook. Even if he had seen others cook, what he made might not meet that picky person's standards.
"Let me do it."